Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-11-04

notably Sir Henry's shooting-jacket. One |
day. indeed, q deputation waited on Us, |
and. as usual. Good dOaaed his ful-dress |
uniform for the occasion. This deputatioD |
seemed somehow, to be OF different |
class to those who generally came to visit |
us. They were little significant-looAing |
men, of an excessively polite, not to say |
seryile. demeanor; and their attention ap |
peared to be chiefly taken up with obserT |
ing the details Of Goods full-dres5 uni |
form, of which they took copious notes ami |
measurements Good was much fattered
at the time not suspecting that he had to |
deal with the six leading tailors of Milosis. |
A fortnight afterwards, however, when on
attending court as usual he had the pleas
ure of seeing some seven or eight Zu-N endl
''mashers" arrayed in all the glory of
very fair imitation of his full-drcsS uni
form, he changed his mind. | shall never
forget his face of establishment and dis
gust. 1t was after this, that, chiefly in or
der to avoid remark, and also because our
clothes were wearing out and had to be
saved up, we resolved to adopt the native
dress: and very comfortable one we found
it, though | am bound to say that | looked
sufficiently ludicrous in it, and as for Al
phonsel Only Umslopogaas would have
none of these things: when his mocha was
worn ont the fierce old Zulu made him q
new one and went about unconcerned, as
grim and naked as his own battle-aX
Meanwhile we pursued our study of the
language steadily, and made very good
progress On the morning following our
adventure in the temple, three grave and
reverend seigniors presented themselves
armed with manuscript books. lnkhorns,
and feathered pens. and Indicated that
they had been sent to teach us; and, with
the exception of UmslopOgaas, we all
buckled to with will, doing four hours
dav. As for Umslopogaas, he would have
none of that either He did not wish TO
learn that 'woman'5 talk" not he; and
when one of the teachers advanced on him
with a book and an inkhOrn and waved
them before him in a mild persuasive way,
much as a churchwardcn invitingly shakes
the o1Tertory bag under the nose OF rlch
but niggardly parishioner, he sprang up
with a fierce oath and flashed InkOsikaasi
before the eyes of our learned friend, and
there was an end of the attempt to teach
him Xu-Vendi.
Thus we spent our mornings in useful
occupation which grew more and more in
terestug as we proceeded, and the after
Moons were given up to recreation. Some
times we made trips, notably one to the
gold mines and another to the marble
duarrics, both Of which | wish | mad space
and time to describe, and sometimes we
went out hunting buck with dogs trained
for that purpose; and very exciting sport
It is. us the country is full of agricultural
Enclosures and our horses were magnih-
cent This is not 10 be wondered at, see
ing that the royal stables were at our COM
mand, in addition to which we had four
splendid saddle-horses given to us by Ny
leptha.
Sometimes, again. we went hawking,
paslimc that is in great favor among the
Zu-Vendi, who generally fly their birds at
n species Of partridge which is remarkable
for the swiftncss and strength of its flight.
When attacked by. the hawk this bird ap-
pears to lose its head, and, instead of seek
ing cover, flies high into the air, thus of
fering wonderful sport. | have seen one
of these partridges soar up almost out of
sight when followed by the hawk. Still
better sport Is offered by variety OF soli-
tary snip, n blk rs a small woodcOck,
which is plentiful in this country, and
which is flown nj with a very small, agile,
and highly trained hawk having an almost
rod tail Tho z,.,zo,,,rfu, ~ The treat SHINE
md thr If,sht,,ip.r rgD.dity Of the FIGHT and
,,,nyon,a,,t.. nf tI,. ~. t-,,iI u l,an-., mike
tLo n,stir,o g, d.li,rhtr,n u,a Another
,orint,, os ty,a a,p,n ,,,pusamo1,t.is tar hunt.
fnr, az .i,.. ,,or,r ep,.,II erarins of ooto1oro
,itb Trained eagles: aad IL ,..,,.;.y IS n
marvellous SIGHT to see the great bird soar
and sour ill he is uothinynut a black sprck
I'm the sunlight. and then >glduu.y come
dashin.r down ike n cunuuu-b,U upon
somc COVERING buck that Il hidden in
mitch of grass from cverythin except that
piercing eve. still finer is the spectacle
when the earle takes the back running.
IN othcr dp,D. wa Womb my visits IN
tho countr,-saats ot some Of the ,rroat lords
booutifu1 fortified Dloccs and tho VILLAGES
c,,,stari,., hnro,tb tbnir wallis ITera we
COW, ,.i,,o,'-rls md corntiaIds,nd vol -l,ont
,,orly-I,lyo .,r.o,,Dds With sucb timber in
iban no fIIjrd me with delight for do
love rood tree. There 1t stands so strong
md sturdy. and vet so beautiful n very
TYNE OF tl.. best sort of man. How proudly
IL lifts its bare head to the winter storms,
and with what a full hear itreioices when
the spring has come again! How grand
its voice is, too, when il talks with the
wind; n thousand r3lian harps cannot
equal the beauty of the aiching OF a great
tree in leaf All dag ii points to the sun
shine, and all night To thc stars and thus
passlonless, yet full of life, it endures
through the centuries, come storm, come
shine, drawing its susteuance from the
cool bosom Of its mother earth, and, as the
slow years roll by, learning the great mys-
tertes of growth and of decay. And so on
and on through generations, OUTLYING in
dividuals, customs, dynasties-all save the
landscape it adorns and human nature, till
the appointed day when the wind wins the
long battle and rejoiCes over reclaimed
space, or decay puts the last stroke to his
fungus-tinCercd work.
All, one should always think twice before
one cuts down treel
In the evenings IL was customary Tor Slr
Henry Good, ana myself, To dlne, or rather
sup with their MaJesties-not every nlSht'
indeed, but about three or four times
week, whenever they had not much COM
pany, or the affairs of state would allow of
It. And am bound to say that those little
suppers were quite tho most charming
things of their sort that ever had TO do
with. How true is the saying that the
very highest in rank are always the most
simple and kindly. 1t is from your half
and-half sort of people that you get pomp-
osity and vulgarity; the difference between
the two being very much what one sees
every day in England between the old,
out-at-elbows, broken-down county family,